Shivaji Bhosale (19 Feb.1630 – 3 April 1680), A Maratha sovereign who founded the Maratha Empire, which, at its peak, covered much of the Indian subcontinent, He was crowned with the Royal Title of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 1674. Shivaji as an aristocrat of the Bhosle clan who led a resistance to free the Maratha people from Sultanate of Bijapur and Mughal Empire and established a Hindavi Swarajya ("self-rule of Hindu people"). His Maratha kingdom's capital was Raigad.
